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1955 in Ireland

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Notable things that happened in Ireland in 1955.

Contents

Incumbents

  • President: Seán T. O'Kelly
  • Taoiseach: John A. Costello (FG)

    • Events

  • 6 January – The National Farmers' Association was formed during a meeting of 1,200 people in Dublin.
  • 14 January – Tony O'Reilly was named in the Irish rugby squad for his first cap in an international against France.
  • 17 March (Saint Patrick's Day) – The Church of Ireland hallowed Trim Cathedral.
  • 4 July – Denis Larkin was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin defeating 73-year-old Alfie Byrne.
  • 21 July – The BBC brought its Divis transmitter into service, its first permanent facility serving Northern Ireland, marking the launch of a television service for Northern Ireland; the 35-kilowatt transmissions could also be readily received in much of Ireland.
  • September – United States Senator John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline visited Dublin for two days.
  • 29 November – Publication of the Greyhound Industry Bill paved the way for the establishment of the greyhound board, Bord na gCon.
  • 12 December – Cork Opera House at Emmet Palace was destroyed by fire.
  • 14 December – Ireland was admitted to the United Nations. Frederick Boland was appointed as its first ambassador.
  • Michael Sheehy's modern history Divided We Stand: A Study In Partition was published.

    • Arts and literature

  • March – English language publication of Beckett's novel Molloy (in Paris and New York).
  • 3 August – English language première of Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot, directed by Peter Hall, at the Arts Theatre in London.
  • 28 October – Irish première of Waiting for Godot at the Pike Theatre in Dublin.
  • Sigerson Clifford published his poetry collection, Ballads of a Bogman.

    • Football

  • League of Ireland
  • FAI Cup

    • January to March

  • 15 January – Paddy Burke, Fine Gael Senator.
  • 18 January – Fergus Martin, artist.
  • 2 February – Dermot Ahern, Fianna Fáil TD for Louth and Cabinet Minister.
  • 15 March – John J. McGuinness, Fianna Fáil TD for Carlow–Kilkenny.
  • 27 March – Patrick McCabe, novelist.
  • 29 March – Brendan Gleeson, actor.

    • April to June

  • 1 April
  • Bobby Aylward, Fianna Fáil TD for Carlow–Kilkenny.
  • Joe O'Reilly, Fine Gael Senator.
  • 14 April – Simon Crowe, drummer with The Boomtown Rats.
  • 17 April – Austin Brady, footballer.
  • 24 April – Eamon Gilmore, Labour Party TD for Dún Laoghaire, leader of the Labour Party.
  • 28 April – Mae Sexton, Progressive Democrats TD.
  • 16 May – Páidí Ó Sé, Kerry Gaelic footballer and manager.
  • 23 May – Mary Black, folk singer.
  • 30 May – Colm Tóibín, novelist and critic.

    • July to December

  • 5 July – Sebastian Barry, playwright, novelist and poet.
  • 6 July – William Wall, novelist, poet and short story writer.
  • 20 July – Jem Finer, musician and composer.
  • 16 August – James Reilly, Fine Gael TD for Dublin North and Minister for Health.
  • 15 September – Brendan O'Carroll, comedian.
  • 1 December – Pat Spillane, Kerry Gaelic footballer.
  • 2 December – Joachim Kelly, Offaly hurler.
  • 29 December – Pat Loughrey, Controller of BBC Northern Ireland, Director of BBC Nations and Regions and academic.

    • Full date unknown

  • John Callinan, Clare hurler.
  • Kevin Fennelly, Kilkenny hurler.
  • Michael Gleeson, Tipperary hurler.
  • Mick Holden, Gaelic footballer and hurler (died in 2007).
  • Peter Wyse Jackson, Director of the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin.
  • Sean Power, Member of the States of Jersey.

    • Deaths

  • 22 January – Moira O'Neill, poet (born in 1864).
  • 12 February – Thomas J. Moore, actor (born in 1883).
  • 13 March – Evie Hone, painter and stained glass artist (born in 1894).
  • 26 March – Thomas Farren, elected to Seanad Éireann in 1922 and 1931, member of the Labour Party.
  • 4 May – Michael Colivet, manager Shannon Foundry, member of 1st Dáil (Anti Treaty), representing Limerick (born in 1882).
  • 14 May – Robert Quigg, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme (born in 1885).
  • 16 June – Stanislaus Joyce, scholar and writer, brother of James Joyce (born in 1884).
  • 11 July – Frank Duffy, labour leader in the United States (born in 1861).
  • 15 July – James Dolan, merchant, member of 1st Dáil (Pro Treaty), representing Leitrim (born in 1882).
  • 18 July – Billy McCandless, footballer and football manager (born in 1894).
  • 14 September – Kathleen Lynn, physician and politician (born in 1874).
  • 26 October – Michael Staines, Sinn Féin TD, member of 1st Dáil, first Commissioner of the Garda Síochána (born in 1885).

    • References

    1955 in Ireland Wikipedia
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